I was considering building a system around a Threadripper 1920x, given the low cost of the CPU. But considering that it's 2 years old now, and the newer Ryzen 2700x trumps it considerably in gaming, and is almost equivalent in Productivity (Based on Tom's Hardware CPU Hierarchy), I'm wondering if its a bad idea.
My usage is mixed, general browsing and media consumption, some gaming, but also video editing on Adobe Premiere.
I've read about the interconnect latency, as well as the impact of slower memory. Note that I do not plan to buy new memory, but use my existing memory - G.Skill Ripjaws 4 32GB (4x8GB @ 2400).
Other Specs:
Gigabyte Aorus X399 Pro
G.Skill Ripjaws 4 32GB (4x8GB @ 2400)
Noctua NH-U14S
XPG SX8200 Pro 256GB (2x configured in RAID 0)
Gigabyte Windforce Radeon R9 290
Corsair TX 750
I will likely upgrade my GPU next year.
The memory and PSU are existing, from my current Skylake i5-6500 system.
CPU, Mobo, Cooler, and XPG NVMe drives will be new.
I have 7 HDDs and 1 Bluray drive, and this will transition to the 8 SATA ports on the X399 mobo.
My Questions:
My usage is mixed, general browsing and media consumption, some gaming, but also video editing on Adobe Premiere.
I've read about the interconnect latency, as well as the impact of slower memory. Note that I do not plan to buy new memory, but use my existing memory - G.Skill Ripjaws 4 32GB (4x8GB @ 2400).
Other Specs:
Gigabyte Aorus X399 Pro
G.Skill Ripjaws 4 32GB (4x8GB @ 2400)
Noctua NH-U14S
XPG SX8200 Pro 256GB (2x configured in RAID 0)
Gigabyte Windforce Radeon R9 290
Corsair TX 750
I will likely upgrade my GPU next year.
The memory and PSU are existing, from my current Skylake i5-6500 system.
CPU, Mobo, Cooler, and XPG NVMe drives will be new.
I have 7 HDDs and 1 Bluray drive, and this will transition to the 8 SATA ports on the X399 mobo.
My Questions:
- Based on the 2400 memory, and CPU interconnect latencies, how much of a performance degradation should I expect?
- Does it make sense to build the system around the Threadripper 1920x next month, or should I wait for the 3rd Gen of TR to be released, and consider the 2nd Gen TR? (there is speculation of an Aug announcement).
- Coupled with a new GPU next year (> RTX 2060), will Threadripper 1920x bottleneck my gaming performance?
- One sure advantage I will get is the RAID 0 based NVMe boot drive on the Threadripper build. I am currently running a single Intel 660p 512GB NVMe drive. I assume the system responsiveness and app load times will be significantly improved?
- Any other considerations?